Thursday, July 17, 2008

The 5th edition of Warhammer 40k is out, and MAN what a blast it is! I played my first game yesterday at GW Oslo, a 1000 point game with the following list:

Necron Lord with Chronometron and Time Shifter

10 Necron Warriors

10 Necron Warriors

5 Necron Destroyers

1 Tomb Spyder

3 Necron Heavy Destroyers

I was up against Erik and his Eldar. His list was something like

Farseer with Spirit Stones, Singing Spear, Doom and Guide

6 Fire Dragons with Exarch

5 Pathfinders

10 Guardians with Starcannon and Warlock with Conceal

6 Warp Spiders with Exarch

Falcon with Scatter Laser, Holofield and Spirit Stones

Wraithlord with Bright Lance

We were playing the "Seize Ground" mission and rolled four Loot Counters. The deployment type was "Dawn of War", in which only two troops and a HQ unit deploys at the start of the battle. The rest enters the game from each player's table edges in turn 1.

Highlights of the game

Me making all my "We'll be back" rolls the first two turns of the game

The Necron Warriors sprinting up the field in one turn, and sprinting back the next as the small unit of Warp Spiders appeared. The Necron Warriors got slaughtered by the Warp Spider Exarch the turn after.

The revelation for both players, when we found out that Troops are scoring to the last man!

The Eldar attempt to kill the Necron Lord in the final stages of the game, almost succeeding, but the Lord lived thanks to his 4+ invulnerable save. No Orb no problem!

All in all, the 5th edition looks to be a keeper. I had a lot of fun in this first game, and it was very useful for learning some of the new stuff in the rulebook. It will doubtless be some rule changes we overlooked, but who cares as long as we both had a good time.